[454] And those seven hundred wives, adorned with every ornament,
stretched out their arms and wailed: "Why will you forsake us?"
And those seven hundred wives, graceful, slender of waist,
stretched out their arms and wailed: "Why will you forsake us?"
And those seven hundred wives, obedient, sweet of speech,
stretched out their arms and wailed: "Why will you forsake us?"
And those seven hundred wives, adorned with every ornament —
abandoning them, the king departed, intent upon the going forth (pabbajjā).
And those seven hundred wives, graceful, slender of waist —
abandoning them, the king departed, intent upon the going forth.
And those seven hundred wives, obedient, sweet of speech —
abandoning them, the king departed, intent upon the going forth.
Relinquishing the golden dish of a hundred palas' weight, engraved with a hundred lines,
he took up the clay bowl: that was the second anointing (dutiyābhisecana).
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.